Abstract
Introduction: High blood pressure (HBP) is a leading major risk factor for chronic diseases such as CKD, CADx, and deaths. The prevalence of patients with hypertension (HT) has risen from 600 million in 1980 to one billion in 2008.
 Aims and Objectives: The basic aim of the study is to find the relationship of knowledge about hypertension with the control of blood pressure.
 Methodology of the Study: This cross sectional study was conducted in Mayo hospital Lahore from January 2021 to July 2021. The data was collected from 100 patients with high blood pressure who visited the OPD of our hospital. A questionnaire was prepared by the researchers in accordance with the literature to measure the level of knowledge about HT.
 Results: The data was collected from 100 patients of both genders. On comparison of questions related to knowledge, there was a statistically significant difference in; meaning of hypertension (p <0.001), target SBP (p0.001), target DBP (p 0.001), importance of SBP versus DBP, improvement of health with lowering of blood pressure (p 0.002), high blood pressure being asymptomatic (p <0.001), changing lifestyle improves blood pressure (p 0.003), hypertension being a lifelong disease (<0.001), lifelong treatment with anti-hypertensives (<0.001) and high blood pressure being part of aging (<0.001).
 Conclusion: It is concluded that patients who were aware that elevated BP levels lead to reductions in life expectancy had a higher compliance level with medication use and follow-up visits than patients without this awareness.
Highlights
High blood pressure (HBP) is a leading major risk factor for chronic diseases such as CKD, CADx, and deaths
It is concluded that patients who were aware that elevated BP levels lead to reductions in life expectancy had a higher compliance level with medication use and follow-up visits than patients without this awareness
HBP consists of 3.7% of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) [1]
Summary
High blood pressure (HBP) is a leading major risk factor for chronic diseases such as CKD, CADx, and deaths. Aims and Objectives: The basic aim of the study is to find the relationship of knowledge about hypertension with the control of blood pressure. The data was collected from 100 patients with high blood pressure who visited the OPD of our hospital. Hypertension is a leading major risk factor for chronic diseases and deaths. 7.5 million people (12.8% of allcause deaths) die every year due to HBP and its complications. Fifty-four per cent of strokes and 47% of cardiac deaths are attributed to suboptimal blood pressure control. Data on 22,282 patients, from national and regional blood pressure control and antihypertensive pharmacotherapy prescribed in cardiology practice gave an overall estimate of 21.2%, of controlled hypertension. According to a survey in 2010, rates of controlled hypertension are barely 6% in primary health care settings in Pakistan [3]
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